This team in the rankings

[Littlebill]

8 minutes ago, Compton said:

A rather auspicious ranking going into tonight’s game. 

And just one away from the number of teams issued dance cards. 

0-3/2-0/4-0/5-0

Bills at 69

BC at 132

Tulane at 108

K State at 98

Belmont at 114

E Wash at 123

Duq 62

Seton Hall 22

Auburn 6

SIU 200

Umass 126

 

[Crewsorlose]

13-5 in A-10 will mean plenty of really good wins. I see this team more at 10 wins in conference. Even if we're on the outside looking in a month from now, there's nothing that a three-week hot streak in February wouldn't cure. 

A strong OOC has given teams in the A-10 plenty of chances to find ways to boost their resumes with Q1 and Q2 victories. Here are SLU's, as of 1/8

Q1: @Richmond, Dayton, @Dayton, VCU

Q2 @Lasalle, Duquesne, @UMass, @URI, @George Mason. 

That's 9 out of 16 games. Keep rooting for Kansas St., BC, and Tulane!

 

[HoosierPal]

22 minutes ago, Crewsorlose said:

13-5 in A-10 will mean plenty of really good wins. I see this team more at 10 wins in conference. Even if we're on the outside looking in a month from now, there's nothing that a three-week hot streak in February wouldn't cure. 

A strong OOC has given teams in the A-10 plenty of chances to find ways to boost their resumes with Q1 and Q2 victories. Here are SLU's, as of 1/8

Q1: @Richmond, Dayton, @Dayton, VCU

Q2 @Lasalle, Duquesne, @UMass, @URI, @George Mason. 

That's 9 out of 16 games. Keep rooting for Kansas St., BC, and Tulane!

 

Throw @Davidson into the Q2 bucket.  Today they are NET 99.

The NCAA Team Sheets do a good job plotting all of this. (Scroll to #69.)

https://extra.ncaa.org/solutions/rpi/Stats Library/NET Team Sheets - Jan. 7, 2020.pdf

 

[cgeldmacher]

Someone please explain what I am not understanding here.  BC has a NET of 132.  They are listed as being a Q2 team.  All of the teams that we have beaten that are listed as Q3 teams have NET lower than 132.  What's the deal there?

[glazedandconfused]

7 minutes ago, cgeldmacher said:

Someone please explain what I am not understanding here.  BC has a NET of 132.  They are listed as being a Q2 team.  All of the teams that we have beaten that are listed as Q3 teams have NET lower than 132.  What's the deal there?

The Net Rating cut-off between Quadrants is different for Home, away and neutral games. 

[Pistol]

We're getting some more help tonight, with Seton Hall taking down Xavier on the road and Auburn holding on against Vandy at home.

[cgeldmacher]

22 hours ago, glazedandconfused said:

The Net Rating cut-off between Quadrants is different for Home, away and neutral games. 

Got it now.  Thank you.

[BillsBeliever!!!]

Went from 99 to 84 in KenPom after the win today

[almaman]

Our 3 losses are to teams listed first in their league combined 11-0 in conference 40-6 total.

[brianstl]

You know what? F it, just win baby.

[Compton]

Today's 74-58 win over Richmond represents our first Quadrant 1 win in the NET Rankings.

[Basketbill]

Moved up to 47..... wow!

[Quality Is Job 1]

5 minutes ago, Basketbill said:

Moved up to 47..... wow!

"Wow," is right!  That's "in the conversation"!

[BJK]

Pretty much swapped spots with Richmond... they move back 17 or so spots. A10 with six teams in the top 66 spots! Solid.

[3star_recruit]

7 minutes ago, Basketbill said:

Moved up to 47..... wow!

NET gives major boosts for the lower ranked team winning big on the road. Tulane jumped 19 spots for beating Temple by 14 at Temple.

 

[HoosierPal]

By this NET Bracket, Billikens are IN the NCAA tourney, today.  As it states, this bracket is based solely on NET ratings. Dayton, VCU and Duquesne are also in.  In the real world, I believe we are in the ever expanding bubble.

https://bracketologists.com/bracket/

 

Kansas State needs to start winning some conference games, or our W might slip a quad.

[moytoy12]

Dayton up to 13 in AP.  Duquesne gets 9 votes.  SLU w/no votes

[HoosierPal]

For KenPom followers this is interesting. 

[slu72]

Go Bills! Down the Flyers! Cool to see us get a nod. 

[Crewsorlose]

Tulane moves up to a Q2 victory. BC drops to a Q3. 

[Compton]

Seton Hall jumping more than anyone else in both AP (up 8 to 18) and Coaches polls (up 7 to 18). Obviously the NET Rankings matter most, but doesn’t hurt when our only two non-con losses are consensus top 20. 

[mrjoelabs]

1 hour ago, HoosierPal said:

For KenPom followers this is interesting. 

KenPom is a fool in my mind. He has 8-7 Alabama up in the 50s and us down in the 80s.  Mizzou way ahead of us. Not sure how that happens

[glazedandconfused]

23 minutes ago, mrjoelabs said:

KenPom is a fool in my mind. He has 8-7 Alabama up in the 50s and us down in the 80s.  Mizzou way ahead of us. Not sure how that happens

KenPom is a predictive formula. It says on the website, the formula does not intend to determine how good a team's season has been so far.

The formula is: adjusted offensive efficiency - adjusted defensive efficiency...So our KenPom rating is 101.2-92.7 = 8.53.

I would imagine KenPom is lower than others (NET, RPI, etc) because we have won a handful of close games.  Those would seemingly hurt us more in kenpom than in NET or RPI.

 

I wouldn't worry about it too much. We could win a ton of games, but if our offensive efficiency doesn't improve drastically, our KenPom rating won't really improve too much.

 

[jonny karate]

On 1/8/2020 at 11:06 AM, Littlebill said:

0-3/2-0/4-0/5-0

Bills at 69

BC at 132

Tulane at 108

K State at 98

Belmont at 114

E Wash at 123

Duq 62

Seton Hall 22

Auburn 6

SIU 200

Umass 126

 

I hope we never lose this ranking and still make the tournament

[johnbj14]

This can obviously change, but looking at the rest of the season, T-Rank (a great free site) shows SLU favored in all but 3 remaining games. http://www.barttorvik.com/team.php?team=Saint+Louis